Exam 11: Strategic International HRM

The adaptive IHRM approach has the highest internal fit.

What are individuals called who are from headquarters and are highly familiar with the firm's products and services,as well as with its corporate culture?

Parent-country nationals are individuals from the subsidiary country who know the foreign cultural environment well.

An integrative IHRM approach combines home HR practices with local practices.

Which of the following is a key challenge for managers in their overseas assignments,and a critical HR aspect in the internationalization of Canadian companies and their employees?

Which strategy has French lodging giant ACCOR followed for its U.S.subsidiaries in order to attract and retain local employees?

If an individual has an ability to acquire certain skills to a desired level of performance,what is this capability called?

The many factors related to international employee cross-cultural adjustment can be categorized into three dimensions of cross-cultural competencies.Which of the following is one of these dimensions?

What did Colgate-Palmolive Co.do to capitalize on its expatriate skills?

Labour is often 40 to 50 percent of a firm's operating costs and,as such,is one of the largest resources to consider in international HR planning decisions.

The Conference Board of Canada has identified four major areas of focus for workforce planning in an international context.Which of the following is one of these areas?

Antecedent factors of cross-cultural adjustment include items such as cultural knowledge,stress-management skills,and psychological flexibility.

In 2013,which country(s)had some of the highest unionization rates in the world?

What type of strategy results in the standardization around the world of an organization's products and services in order to gain efficiency?

An organization is combining home HR practices with local practices and selecting the most qualified people for the appropriate positions no matter where these candidates come from.What approach has the organization adopted?

What type of strategy concentrates on the development of foreign markets by selling to foreign nationals?

What best defines the capacity of an international employee to understand why foreigners behave the way they do,to make correct attributions about the reasons or causes of HCNs' behaviour,and to correct those attributions when they prove incorrect?

When entering new markets,organizations are confronted with a wide range of challenges mostly related to socioeconomic,political,and technological aspects.

What is one advantage of increased use of parent-country nationals?

The Conference Board of Canada has identified four major areas of focus for workforce planning in an international context.Which of the following is NOT one of these areas?